Effects of education and word reading on cognitive scores in a community-based sample of Spanish elders with diverse socioeconomic status

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-101

  Contador, Israel ^a,b   Bermejo Pareja, Félix ^b,c,d   Del Ser, Teodoro ^e   Benito León, Julián ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive reserve; Education; Neuropsychological performance; Population based study; Reading ability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84924571125     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.989819     Document Type: Article

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